Army Needs and Supply Realities in War Time
George E. Sokolski argues that wartime logistics drive victory and must outpace political interference. He urges fleets of tanks or trucks as the front requires, noting persistent production shortfalls and the link between adequate supplies and defeating Germany.
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Donald Nelson
Europe
Africa
Asia
France
Nelson
Wilson
Charlie Wilson
Spa
Germany
Rains Soak Panhandle Plains Farmers Hope for Relief
The Panhandle received scattered slow rain with totals from .01 to 2.03 inches. The U S Weather Bureau logged .40 inch by 7 30 am as heaviest rain fell on the South Plains around Lubbock and Shamrock. Cooler weather expected tonight and tomorrow with a low near 59 degrees.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
H. C. Winburn
South Plains
Lubbock
Shamrock
Adrian
Claude
Clarendon
Hereford
Pampa
Stratford
Peace terms seen easing for Finland border intact
A Moscow dispatch said Soviet and Finnish representatives are expected to settle a peace pact with Finland’s 41 mile borders intact and fair chance for early economic recovery. The Red Army ceased hostilities on the Finnish front today and officials expect little trouble in reaching a satisfactory settlement.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Finland
Red Army
Patton Third Army reaches Moselle amid push toward Rhine
Front dispatches report Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army advancing across the Moselle between Metz and Nancy with American forces gripping Pont-a-Mousson. Reports claim U S troops near Strasbourg on the German border and fighting on German soil around Saarbrucken as Allied air and ground forces push toward the Rhineland and Boulogne area holds.
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Allied air raid blasts Rhineland targets in major drive
More than 1 250 American war planes led the daylight assault against Karlsruhe Ludwigshafen and Stuttgart with 750 Flying Fortresses and Liberators and 500 Mustangs, aiming to cut Nazi oil and transport lines as weather improved. In Amarillo the murder trial of O M Redding proceeded with his daughter Evelyn testifying about family finances and violence.
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New Mexico
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Albuquerque
Dan B. Bee
Clem Calhoun
Reds Spring Big Attack
Soviet forces drove within 22 miles of East Prussia and pierced the Narew defenses. The 2nd White Russian Army advanced 35 miles southwest of Lomzha while Romanians supported gains near Brasov and Ploesti as Red Army units pushed toward Transylvania and Hungary.
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Tomorrow Is S-Day Sells Waste Paper for Army Use
Amarillo launches S-Day with ten large trucks and high school volunteers collecting waste paper house to house for direct shipment to processing plants. Chairman Jack King urges residents to place paper out and bundle it. Trucks report at 8:30 AM at the high school. weekly pickups to follow.
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Amarillo
Army
Navy
Jack King
Road To Berlin fronts distances by theater
The report lists Allied advance distances to Berlin from major fronts. Russian front 322 miles from eastern War saw suburbs. Western front 362 miles from Brenda. Southern France 560 miles from Bourg En Bresse. Italian front 585 miles from south of Rimini.
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Associated Press
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Brenda
France
Bourg-En-Bresse
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Negro Vote Question Slated For Demo Committee Meeting
The Texas Democratic executive committee chair George Butler will push at the upcoming convention to decide how to handle the negro voting issue. He plans to consider a report from special legal advisors urging legislative repeal of some primary statutes and a party reorganization with a formal constitution and by laws. The Supreme Court has ruled Africans may vote in Texas primaries.
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Texas’ Democratic Executive Committee
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Houston
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas area
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions in Amarillo and vicinity tonight and Wednesday with a cooler night and a warmer Wednesday afternoon. West Texas sees considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and storms today tonight and Wednesday. New Mexico experiences scattered thunderstorms today and tonight with a little change in temperature on Wednesday. Highs today in the 80s to 90.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Britain resumes bombing threat with dawn air raid
London reports a fresh Luftwaffe attack as four day lull ends with a shower of flying bombs over London and southern England just before daybreak.
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London
Britain
England
Canadians Near Rimini Face Heavy German Resistance
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army supported by British warships moved within six miles of Rimini as Allied command reported increasing resistance while closing on the Po Valley highway. German forces counterattacked to retake Misano, but the Canadians reclaimed the area after a bloody fight. West of Florence the Fifth Army advanced about five miles to the Serchio river and Lucca outskirts, a pivotal junction.
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Eighth Army
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Po Valley
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Fifth Army
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Lucca
Tokyo Claims Jap Raid On Allied Base In China
Tokyo radio reports Japanese bombers raided Liuchow in Kwangsi province China destroying 10 Allied aircraft blasted the runway and fired a fuel dump All raiders returned to base Allied quarters had not confirmed the report
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China
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio Today
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
We Regret It Too Germany Capitulation Rumor Denied
The Brussels radio briefly reported unconfirmed news that Germany capitulated, but quickly denied the claim. The station attributed the error to being in German hands only a day, reiterating that the war continues.
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